Question

You are the supervisor of a Vancouver branch office with 12 employees, equally male and female, average age 32. Your branch office is responsible for gathering consumer research to help your company succeed in regional sales and reputation. This branch office has its headquarters in Toronto Canada where all decisions are made about national staffing, pay, and benefits. Your employees are unhappy about their low pay, poor health benefits, and very short vacation time. They also think that the workplace in unfair in allocating work to employees and giving some employees more training than others. Conflicts are occurring in the workplace. 1. Use the table below to gauge how much control (low, medium, high) you have over factors within the workplace that impact morale, productivity, employee wellness and the ability to achieve objectives. 2. Rate how good a job is being done by those areas where there is control over (you can determine this through employee surveys and communication with managers). 3. What changes can you take to IMPROVE the conditions of areas where you have the most control over but are performing poorly?

Answer 1

As a supervisor, you have medium control over factors within the workplace that impact employee morale, productivity, and wellness. However, areas where you have control are currently performing poorly. To improve these conditions, you can address issues of low pay, poor health benefits, short vacation time, unfair work allocation, and inadequate training opportunities.

Step-by-step explanation:

You have medium control over factors within the workplace that impact morale, productivity, employee wellness, and the ability to achieve objectives. This is because decisions about national staffing, pay, and benefits are made by the headquarters in Toronto. However, as a supervisor, you still have some control over the work allocation, training, and overall atmosphere in your Vancouver branch office.

Based on employee surveys and communication with managers, it seems that the areas where you have control over are not performing well. To improve these conditions, you can consider the following changes:

1. Address the issue of low pay by advocating for higher salaries or researching options for performance-based incentives.
2. Improve health benefits by exploring different insurance providers or negotiating better coverage.
3. Address the issue of short vacation time by discussing the possibility of increasing the number of vacation days or implementing a flexible time-off policy.
4. Ensure fair work allocation by implementing a transparent system for assigning tasks and projects.
5. Provide equal opportunities for training by developing a comprehensive training program and ensuring all employees have access to it.